[s3e5] How I Met Everyone Else -

“You see, Kids,” Future Ted says. “New York feels like a city of eight million people. But sometimes, it’s just a room full of the same twenty people, bumping into each other until the stories finally stick.” Back in the bar, Ted approaches the woman reading the book.

Lily slaps Marshall’s arm. “Marshall! We used that nickel to pay for a parking meter last week!”

“That’s ‘Quarter-Back’ Carl,” Barney explains. “I met him in ’98. I told him the jukebox only accepts coins that have been blessed by a priest. He’s been taking his spare change to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for nine years.”